Triton XVIII, Lot: 1205. Estimate $5000. Sold for $8500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Gordian III. AD 238-244. AV Aureus (20mm, 5.76 g, 6h). Rome mint, 5th officina. 11th emission, AD 243. IMP GORDIANVS PIVS FEL AVG, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / P M T R P VI COS II P P, Apollo seated left, holding branch in right hand and leaning left arm on lyre set on seat. RIC IV 104; Calicó 3227; Biaggi –; Hunter 40. Near EF, lustrous, a few small marks.